Always A Harsh World

A few days ago we were taught in history of the depressions, crises which happened over time and how they affected the people. With that I remembered what my mother had told me. She had told me that the world is always harsh and gave an example; that when Allah's Messenger had died many people had come up saying that they were the messengers. This was a complete fraud as the Messenger had told He was the last. In history we read of economic depressions that caused widespread damages losses, then the famines, droughts, protests, violence everywhere, curfews and the list goes on.

And nowadays its all about Iraq, Palestine and occasionally Afghanistan. Then there are groups for women to prevent violence against them. In the TV and movies, especially Indian it is mentioned that its a cruel, pitiless world and that its a bad time/era. There is inflation of prices everywhere on God's green earth.

Whats wrong with people. Its always been a cruel world. The world is better now than it has ever been if you exclude the time before humans came to earth and it was very little. There are just a few civil wars, the problem in Iran will hopefully finish after Bush leaves and women have more rights than ever, they have social security if they follow some guidelines meant for them, Iraq will be OK soon and as for the price rise, if there is no price rise there is no use of and increase in salaries, there are no rich and poor which are very essential. If there are no rich and poor there are no divisions, no way people can be different from each other, no way to pity anyone and in some time no one remembers God or knows what to do if he by chance somewhere else sees a poor person.

So I think the world's a better place than ever, if its harsh you can't have or buy a new one so stop wasting your energy and telling everyone you meet that its a very cruel world and start seeing the good things in life before you die because it could be anytime soon.

A Day Of Enjoyment

Yesterday some of my paternal cousins from Riyadh had come who are planning gonna go to India for good in some time for a last Umrah. Some more came in the evening from Jeddah to take them. And when they were going I too went with them. I had an enjoyable time. I watched a horror movie called Silent Hill, played on the PS2 and PSP and did some other stuff.

Today I am back at home. I have to do a nice amount of school work I had been delaying and so I will be busy today.

Startup Delayer

I have recently started using a new software called called Startup Delayer. It delays the apps that start when the computer boots meaning more important apps like antivirus can start start first and unessential ones likes messengers later giving resources directly to the important apps that start first. I have found it very useful as the computer seems to start faster and smoother beacuse of it.

You can download it from here.

KeepVid

I have recently started using a free webware called KeepVid used to download videos from multiple sites. Its fairly easy to use we just have copy the URL and paste it in the download address bar, click on download and then two links will come up asking whether you want a flash video file (flv) or MP4. Click on download this time and it starts.

It also has links for software for downloading a video downloader, video converter and a free FLV player. I have found this better than the Real Player 11 video download plugin as its easier to use and we can download in MP4 format also

Firefox 3 Beta 5

I have been following all versions of Firefox from 2.0.0.11 and have found the lates i.e. 3 Beta 5 to be the best. The previous beta versions had some problem with the Back button which for some reason sometimes did not work properly and all the RAM was sucked out from your PC but the latest version has it all fixed and I am completely using.

The only problem I have with it is I can use the Real Player Video Download Plug-in with it for which I have to use Firefox 2.

I don't exactly have the knowledge of the bugs and their fixes but a list of it all and the download is available at http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Main_Page

The First Three Sucking Weeks of Tenth

I haven't written a post since a long time (although I never write regularly) mainly because its been very busy. It's just been three weeks since I came into tenth and already they are teaching like hell. The whole day goes waste if you don't take the learning and its very difficult for me to take a day off (a practice I followed without fail till I was in ninth).

From next time onwards I am thinking of writing posts based on the softwares I use as I am not able to write properly what I feel as advised by one of my most successful blogging cousin and moreover I can't write anything long as he can.

First Day of Tenth Standard

I woke up at 8:30 today. My bus came at about 9:10 although the school was from 11:15. I thought that the bus wasn't going to pick anyone after me but I was wrong. It pick up about 5-6 boys from various parts of the city thru a very complicated route in 40 minutes. When I reached school I had to wait outside for sometime as the CBSE exams of 12^th were going on. After that we entered the auditorium from where we were directed to our respective classes. Our sections were didn't change; so I am in class 10-B-2.

 

Our class teacher teaches math. He took our attendance and unexpectedly started teaching. Unexpectedly because this is the first time we were taught on the first day. Next was physics in which also we were taught, followed by Arabic in which we did nothing; after which was recess. We had Economics and English after that. In all the classes the teachers told us about the importance of tenth as they did in ninth, eight and in every other class. The school ended as usual at 3:15 and I was at home by 4:15.